good work...

[zecrets]

Hey,

Got your invited but joined under a different username here.

Good work on getting a java client started.  I never got around to it.

I listed to your agoraradio interview as well which I found interesting as well.

I know funding is the biggest obstacle at this point...and you want to keep things opensource but have you considered any possible revenue models that can be leveraged to pull in additional funding or raise capital while keeping the main libraries opensource still?

Many options but what about a kickstarter like website that only specializes in biz types that are agoric in nature and only accept funding in  alternative currencies such as Ripple, Bitcoin and of course OT.  On top of that you can use OT to issue a form of shares/stock/currency for each venture.  Such would create a use for OT out of the gate.

Zecrets

[Fellow Traveler]

I think that's a great idea.

Personally though, I think my own place is to stay out of actual
operations. It simply makes me too big of a target, when I can better
add value in the realm of thought.

The safest thing I can do is license the code to interested parties, so
they can run operations without my direct involvement. (Of course, I
will provide support to everyone on the group... This is an open source
project after all.)

Any licensing fees that are brought in that way can then be plowed back
into the project, making the new value available to all, under the GNU
license.

My strategy in choosing GPL is best described in this article:
http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2006/09/01/#gpl-bsd

Unfortunately I have ventures already in life, and I don't have time to
experiment on the business side with any experimental "new ventures", so
I am trying to give value to the cause in the best way that I can.
(Though my thoughts.) This is better for everybody in the long run, but
that means that other people have to be involved.

No man is an island.

-FT

[BlueMeanie]

On 04/26/2011 10:11 AM, zecrets wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Got your invited but joined under a different username here.
>
> Good work on getting a java client started. I never got around to it.
>
> I listed to your agoraradio interview as well which I found
> interesting as well.

Hello,

Do you have a link to this interview?

Thanks, BM

[Fellow Traveler]

Part 1:
http://agoristradio.com/?p=234

Part 2:
http://agoristradio.com/?p=246

[BlueMeanie]

thanks much, listening right now! -bm